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They were criticised for a lack of focus on social justice and inequality. The UN’s own assessment of progress towards the MDGs found that the needs of the most vulnerable - the poorest members of society, and those disadvantaged by gender, age, disability or ethnicity - were often overlooked. Another critique offered was that the goals had been drawn up without sufficient consultation of the very people they sought to help.

The UN has a 17-step plan to save the world

By: EBR | Friday, September 8, 2017

If you have too many things you need to do, it’s best to write them down. Saving the world, it seems, follows the same principle

A carbon price is a cost applied to carbon pollution to encourage polluters to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas they emit into the atmosphere. These can either be a carbon tax- a tax levied on the carbon content of fuels, or cap and trade- corporations or governments can trade emissions allowances under an overall cap on those emissions.

The role of carbon pricing, taxing & trading in emissions reduction

By: EBR | Friday, September 1, 2017

The latest infographic from Climate Action explores the role of Carbon Pricing, a methodology for reducing the global-warming emissions, through a market overview, a challenges and opportunities analysis as well as practical examples of leadership demonstrated by governments and the private sector

President Trump inherited an economy that would barely budge – but under his watch, American businesses small and large have already created more than 800,000 new jobs since January. Company after company is responding to the president’s agenda with optimism – investing billions of dollars in American jobs, American workers and America’s future. But Trump did much more. What about his foreign policy. In a speech announcing a new strategy for Afghanistan the president said: “Our troops will fight to win.” The 16-year war against the Taliban is at a stalemate, as the country’s security situation spirals out of control.

Trump and Twitter - what’s next?

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 29, 2017

A day without Donald Trump in the media or social media isn’t possible. Day in day out he’s busy running both a personal and an official Twitter account as leader of the United States

While Alexandria had the largest population, and the Chinese cities of Yinxu and Chengzhou also featured, this early period was dominated by the large populations of the ancient cities located in modern-day Iraq. Time and again from 1950 BC until 350 BC, the biblical cities of Babylon, Nimrud, Nineveh, Ur and Uruk charted as the largest cities on the planet. This included an uninterrupted 450-year period of domination starting with Nimrud’s population of 75,000 in 800 BC and peaking in Babylon’s population of 150,000 for 150 years between 500 BC and 350 BC.

Watch the world’s greatest cities rise and fall over the past 4,000 years

By: EBR | Friday, August 25, 2017

The rise and fall of civilizations over the past 4,000 years is reflected by the rise and fall of the number of people living in their great cities

CPI announces new design for investment in renewable energy

By: EBR | Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) Energy Finance just announced their new investment design aiming at facilitating cheaper long-term capital to finance wind and solar energy projects

The destruction of an economy: What went wrong in Venezuela

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Venezuela was once South America’s richest country. Here's what went wrong

To live long and happily, the Japanese ask four questions

By: EBR | Tuesday, August 8, 2017

What’s your reason for getting up in the morning? Just trying to answer such a big question might make you want to crawl back into bed. If it does, the Japanese concept of ikigai could help

When ASEAN was formed 50 years ago, there were two driving forces. One was to make economic gains through better trade among member states, and the second was to form an alliance against the spread of communism in the region, led by the then Soviet Union and Mao’s China. Today the Soviet Union has ceased to exist, and communism is dead. China is not interested in exporting ideology, but in expanding trade in the region. The inevitable question is, “Will economic gains create sticky-enough glue to hold countries in the bloc together as they tread unchartered territories, and respond to a surging China and a waning and unsure US?”

The geopolitical landscape of Asia Pacific is changing dramatically. Here’s how

By: EBR | Friday, August 4, 2017

Two important events are having a significant influence on existing security arrangements in Asia Pacific

The main emerging challenge here is that as China becomes so deeply involved financially in other countries it risks being entangled in local politics. It will be increasingly unable to remain neutral, especially in countries with relatively weak states and strong sectarian differences. This could produce problems. Controversy has already emerged in countries ranging from Zambia to Pakistan and Sri Lanka over China’s investments, and we can expect this to intensify as the country builds its own global financial architecture.

What does the future of Europe-Asia cooperation look like?

By: EBR | Friday, August 4, 2017

For the first time in centuries, Eurasia is again becoming the most dynamic region in the world

Let’s say no town is nearby and no innocent civilians are affected in this scenario. There’s still a prior question of whether that enemy building is a legal target in the first place. If it’s only a propaganda machine and a bank for terrorists, yes, it certainly plays a crucial role in enabling militants. But being crucial doesn’t make something a legal target. The Laws of Armed Conflict prohibit the targeting of media and financiers, allowing only people and objects directly participating in hostilities as targets.

Why cyberattacks could be war crimes

By: EBR | Thursday, July 20, 2017

Cyberattacks are the new normal, but, when they come from abroad, they can raise panic about an invisible cyberwar. If international conflicts are unavoidable, isn’t a cyberwar better than a physical war with bombs and bullets?

In Europe, amid the turmoil of Brexit, the EU and the United Kingdom are both seen as having a positive influence by 57% of respondents. While that’s the same result as last year for the EU, the UK’s rating has dropped by 10 points.

These countries have the most positive influence on the world

By: EBR | Monday, July 17, 2017

The idea of the United States as a “shining city upon a hill” is most closely associated with President Ronald Reagan but has been used by politicians since the country’s earliest days

Financial institutions need to improve their understanding of climate-related risks and opportunities, in order to be able to scale up their sustainable investment and to help financing the transition to a low carbon economy.

UN to partner with 11 global banks to encourage climate transparency in financial markets

By: EBR | Monday, July 17, 2017

UN Environment announced yesterday in a press release its new joint initiative to strengthen financial institutions’ assessment and disclosure of climate-related risks and opportunities, with eleven major banks

Lula’s protégé and successor as president, Dilma Rousseff, was impeached last August on allegations of misrepresenting the national budget numbers. No corruption charges have been filed against her. Her successor, current president Michel Temer, has been formally charged with corruption, which he denies.

Brazil: A fallen hero and the start of a new era?

By: EBR | Friday, July 14, 2017

Lula’s sentence is a signal to all of Latin America that justice can prevail. From Mexico to the tip of Argentina, corruption has pervaded politics for decades. Now is the time to fix it for good

And last but not least, context: preparing the exit strategy for the next possible conflict now is the best guarantor of future success. Understanding the context in which we are operating, committing to close cooperation with those also engaged, and collaborating effectively with partners to ‘de-conflict’, coordinate and integrate everyone’s efforts, are essential elements of the military’s realisation of a tenable exit strategy.

Peace is the ultimate goal of conflict – and cooperation is the key

By: EBR | Friday, July 14, 2017

It’s time we think about peace. By doing so in the context of war, we might win both the war and the peace

While a world leader in clean energy, China’s rapid industrialization has caused serious problems. Alongside air pollution, one of China’s most critical environmental challenges is water security. According to some estimates, 80% of all groundwater is unfit for human consumption – and 70% is so polluted it’s dangerous to touch. One response has been to invest $80 billion in three mega canal projects transporting the vital resource from the relatively water-rich south to major conurbations in the north, east and west.

10 astounding facts to help you understand China today

By: EBR | Friday, July 7, 2017

China is building a brand new city twice the size of Manhattan

China is now the biggest producer of solar power after doubling its capacity in 2016. It has the world’s biggest solar farm on the Tibetan plateau where an array of four million panels nestles beneath the mountains.

How the US and China compare on action against climate change

By: EBR | Friday, June 30, 2017

When G7 leaders failed to convince President Trump to keep the US in the Paris Climate Accord back in May, French President Emmanuel Macron turned to the others and said, “China leads”

The sharing economy has many benefits for consumers, entrepreneurs and the environment. For example, a World Economic Forum study found that during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Airbnb created the equivalent of 257 hotels for guests of the games, saving the city in terms of materials use and carbon emissions, while also spreading tourist dollars to a diverse range of neighbourhoods.

The numbers that make China the world’s largest sharing economy

By: EBR | Friday, June 30, 2017

In the last decade, the sharing economy has grown from a fringe concept to an economic powerhouse, reshaping various industries like tourism and mobility at a lightning pace

Rolls Royce is also working on making autonomous ships a reality by the end of the decade, in conjunction with ship builders and researchers in Finland. Meanwhile, research body MUNIN - or Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks - has been part funded by the European Commission to develop the technology needed to make robotic ships.

Forget driverless cars: sailorless ships are about to make waves

By: EBR | Friday, June 23, 2017

Sea change ... unmanned electric cargo ships could be with us in three years

But the game has changed after President Tsai Ing-wen of the DPP took office in May 2016. She doesn’t accept the ‘1992 Consensus’ and now it looks like Beijing is punishing Taiwan. Taiwanese President Tsai visited El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua in January to bolster her alliances after then President-elect Trump caused outcry in Beijing by accepting a congratulatory phone call from her early December.

China’s poaching of Taiwan’s diplomatic allies

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, June 19, 2017

The Republic of China (ROC), the official name of the island of Taiwan, has long used development aid and assistance to keep its handful of diplomatic partners onside but (People’s Republic of) China, has become an economic superpower

The UN is currently hosting its first ocean conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Our oceans are in crisis – here are 5 things we can do to save them

By: EBR | Monday, June 12, 2017

Three billion people rely on seafood as their primary source of protein, according to the Marine Stewardship Council

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A mission impossible for Sébastien Lecornu, Macron’s 5th Prime Minister?

By: N. Peter Kramer

President Emmanuel Macron has again named a close ally, Sébastien Lecornu, as the new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou.

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France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly

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